Information for record number MWA9146:
Cropmarks, Dunton Island, North East of Curdworth

Summary Cropmarks that are visible on aerial photographs may represent the remains of a deserted medieval settlement. The Cropmarks are located to the north east of Curdworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Deserted Settlement?, Enclosure
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Curdworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 18 93
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Cropmarks north of Dunton Island may be the remains of a Medieval deserted settlement. The aerial photograph was not available for study and extant APs of the area held by WMB do not appear to show any Cropmarks.
2 A faint rectalinear enclosure, with a small enclosure inset into the NW corner is visible in this area on Google Earth satellite imagery from 2011.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: Cropmarks, Dunton Island, NE of Curdworth
Author/originator: West Midlands County Council
Date: 1977
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Google Earth Aerial and Street View
Author/originator: Google Earth
Date: 1945-present
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technique Cropmark Cropmarks appear as light and dark marks in growing and ripening crops. These marks relate to differences in the soil below. For example, parched lines of grass may indicate stone walls. Crops that grow over stone features often ripen more quickly and are shorter than the surrounding crop. This is because there is less moisture in the soil where the wall lies.

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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument ISLAND * A piece of land, sometimes man-made, completely surrounded by water. back

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